Electric igniter.



J. G. COOK.

ELECTRIC IGNITER.

APPLICATION FILED 1mm, 1912.

1,034,69 1 Patented Aug. 6, 1912 WITNESSES firm/6: 600/1 I I I I "1 WM clyn, con

J'GHN 760331, OF

Application filedlielnuary 5, 1932.

T 0 all "a; an it may concern:

Be it sown that I, Joint G. Coos, a cit-izen of United States, residing at Brookty of Kings, State of New York, have in rented certain new and useful lnr provemcuts in Electric lgniters, of whicl'i the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My irr'ention relates to improrements in. electric iiters, and has for its objectto provide an igniter in which a resistance at the end of an automatically reeling cable heated tor the purpose of igniting or burning, anil is automatically cutout of circuit when the cable is released.

An object of my invention, in its preferred form, is to provide an igniter which is connected to the circuit through a reel on which a cable containing the conductors is automatically wound by a spring, and in which the circuit will be automatically closed when the cable is unreeled, as well as automatically opened when the cable is released.

The following is a thes'cription of an embodiment of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows in side elevation a cigar lighter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows the same partly in end elevation and with the reel in section. Fig. 3 shows a detail of the automatic circuit controller of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows an enlarged detail of the cable leading to the igniter glowcr. Fig. 5 is a diagram of circuits. Fig. 6 shows a modification partly in diagram.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a base, 2 is a metallic standard. connected thereto, 3 is a reel mounted on a bearing l secured to the standard 2 by the screw 5. v

6 is the winding spring connected to the reel at '7 and to the bearing at 8. This spring, while conventionally shown, may be of any ordinary form suitable for causing the reel to revolve.

9 is a contact mounted on the reel and separated therefrom by insulation 10, A brush 11 secured to the upper end of the frame makes contact with this contact 9 so as to maintain an electrical connection therewith as the reel is revolved. The upper portion of the brush 11 is provided with a contact point 11.

When it dos-2i trol the circuit through referred to. l: tact po i by insuia low the so separated from tli, by insulation 1 i the other end or 16. The s n'ijug position shown in so relat l to the armoreineius of the into d out of en:

tact '12 as the arm e The springs 13 and lt which tents to make surface ll". 14 being an arm ling the spring 13, the effect is the though the spring 13 itself normally to make contact with the surface had an actuating arm rigidly con:

thereto but insulated therefrom,

in the diagram, Fig. The sprin connected to the binding post 1?, m u

insulated from the frame 11 and l-l. A second bindi provided, which is electric l c with the frame 2, but is insiu.

plates 11 and 13.

\Vound upon the reel a cable 1'9, having two flexible conductors 20 and 21 separated from one another by insulation 22 The outer surface of the cable is provided with a metallic helix 23, which preferably,

although not necessarily, is in electrical contact with the flexible conductor 21 so as to reduce the resistance 0 the circuit formed by the conductors of the cable to a minimum. One end of the conductor 20 passes through an insulating bushing 24 in the side of the reel 3, and is connected to the cont-act 9. The corresponding end of the conductor L1 is electrically connected to the body of the reel The reel 3, together 10c with the bearing 4 and frame 2, being of metal, the end of the conductor 21, which is connected to the reel, is thus electrically connected with the binding post- 'lS, while the end of the conductor 20, which is connected with the contact 9, will be connected to the insulated brush 11, so that when the spring 13 is moved into engagement with the contact 11, the end of the conductor 20,

which is connected with the Contact 9, will .08 electr cally connected to the binding postli'. At the outer end of the cable 19 a resistance carrier 25, insulated from the conductor 20, is provided, within which a the ends of the conductors 20 and 21 are connected to a resistance 26, this resistance being any suitable form of electric glower used for cigar lighters, such, for instance, as a small coil of high resistance platinum 19 wire.

The outer end of the spring 14: is provided with a notch or opening 27, and above this opening is provided a circular guide 28, which, when the spring 6 winds the cable 15 upon the reel, guides the carrier 25, which ferring to this diagram and also to the other figures, it will be seen that the carrier 25 may, on account of its flexible cable, be carried from point to point within a radius 25 of several feet, and that whenever it, is

moved so as to unwind the cable, the spring 13- is brought into engagement with the contact 11, so that a circuit is formed from the battery 29 connected to the binding post 112' so through the spring '13, brush 11, contact-9,

conductor 20, resistance 26, conductor21, reel 3, support 2, to binding post 18, and back to battery 29. The parts of this circuit, with the exception'of the resistance 26,

being of low resistance, the battery current is sufficient to heat the resistance 26 to an igniting heat. When the carrier 25' is released, the cable assing through the guide 28 is automatical y wound upon the reel 3' 40 by the spring 6 until the carrier 25 passes" partially through the guide-28 and engages the outer end of the spring 14:, forcing it downward so as'to permit t me contact 13 to separate from the cont/act 11, thus automati- -.t5 cally openin, the battery circuit. The mere movement 0 the carrier necessary for lightmg, therefore, automatlcally completes the circuit, and upon the release of the carrier the circuit is automatically interrupted by the action of the winding spring through the cable 19, the cable'at the same time being wound up so as to be stored in very compact form. I

In a modified form, a normally open switch 30 is provided in the carrier, having contacts forced into engagement by a pushbutton 31, in which case the brush 11 may be permanently connected to the binding post 17 in" any suitable manner, as shown in Fig.

7 6O 6 where the control of the circuit is effected entirely through the switch 30. In this construction, also, the circuit is automatically opened when the cable is manually released.

While the embodiment shown in Figs. 1

to 5 is the preferred embodiment of my inincense.

claims.

What i claim. is: i

1.. in an igniting apparatus, the combination of a reel, a support therefor a cable having two flexible conductors and adapted .to be spring wound on said reel, a spring resistance at the end of said cablein series with said conductors, contacts in series with said resistance, and means carried by said cable for controlling said contacts so that said circuit will 'be automaticall 2. In an igniting apparatus, the combi' nation of a reel, a support therefor, a cable having two flexible conductors and adapted to be wound on said reel, a spring tending to wind said cable on said reel, a resistance at the end of said cable in series with said conductors, contacts in series with said resistance, and means carried by said cable and actuated by said spring so ,as to open said reel.

nation of a reel, 2. support therefor, a cable having two, flexible conductors and adapted to be wound-Len said reel, a spring tending to wind ,said c'abie on said reel, a resistance at the tree end of said cable iniseries with said conductors, a carrier for said resistance, con- .t'ac ts" in series with said conductors, said cojiitacts normally tending to engage one an- ;other, said spring acting through said cable and carrier to separate said. contacts when said cable is fully wound upon said reel.

nation of a reel, a support there-for, a cable be wound upon said reel, one of said conductors being electrically connected to said other conductor being connected to an insulated contact carried by said reel, a resistance at the end of said cable in series with said. conductors, a brush engaging said contact, a controlling contact electrically cone iected to said brush, a second controlling contact, and binding posts electrically connected with said reel and said second controlling contact respectively, said control ling contacts normally tending to engage one another and means actuated by said spring through said cable fo disconnecting said controlling contacts.

5. In an igniting apparatus, the combination of a reel, a support therefor, a cable having two flexible conductors and adapted to be wound on said reel, a spring tending to wind said cable on said reel, a resistance at the end of said cable in series with said conmy invention or the scope of the appended 3. In an igniting apparatus, the combihaving two flexible conductors adapted to reel and through it with its support, and the tending to wind said cable on said reel, a i 7,

opened when said cable is manually release i said contacts when said cable is woundupon [45. In an igniting apparatus, the combi-' ance and controlied by said 5 ring through said shoulder into operative relation with. said actuating arm.

JOHN G. COQK.

ductors, centacts in series with said resistsaid cable so as to be epend w .en said cable 1s wound upon sald reel, one of said contests having an actuating am} and said Witnesses:

cablehaving a shoulder near its enter end E. E. MORSE, acting on said cable,- and means for guiding L. S. JAMES. 

